Tuesday, July 28, 2020

Play Ball?

Four days into the "season" and Major League Baseball has had to postpone two games--in two different cities--because a dozen or so players and staff on one team (the Miami Marlins) tested positive for COVID-19. The Phillies-Yankees game that was supposed to be played last night didn't happen...because the Phillies had to be tested after playing the Marlins over the weekend and because the visiting players clubhouse at Citizens Bank Park had to be cleaned and disinfected. The Orioles-Marlins game scheduled for last night in Baltimore similarly was postponed, because the Marlins are quarantined in their Philly hotel until the remaining players and staff are cleared.

There's no word from MLB on when or how those games will be played. No word on how MLB will deal with similar situations in the future (and there will be similar situations in the future, I have no doubt). How does baseball carry on with two or three or more games being "postponed" every week over COVID concerns, not to mention the inevitable games cancelled or postponed due to weather?

I will be very surprised if baseball is still being played three weeks from now.

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